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Letters Patent No.7, 79,095, dated June 23, 1868.

IMPROVED WASHING-MACHINE.

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Be it knownthat'l, ALPHA A. ATHEMQN, of Waterbury, in the county of Washington, and State of Yermont, have invnteda new and useful Improvement on a Washing-Machine; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full,olear, andexact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawirigs,making apart of this specification, in which--- Figure 1 is a perspective view, with one of the standards removed, with a part of onesideof the box, to exhibit more clearly the two wash-boards inside.

Figure -2'shows the knuckles on the underside of the wash-board D, and the upper side of the wash-board E, with rollers perforated with small holes.

'Figure 3 is a side view of'both wash boards, showing thecnds of the rollers, and c'few of the knuckles, allreferring to Drawirigs'll'o. 2.

v A, 1, is a watertight box, three feet eight inches long, twelve inches deep, and twenty inches wide, onlegs, so that it stands two feet from the ground. B B are the standards in the middle of the box, attached to the top of the side-boards, (one only being seen in Drawings No. 2,) eighteen inches high from top ofthe box, which standards support the arms 0 O, that hold thewash-board D, having a. slot in the upper ends of each, by which they are held,up by across-bar, F, allowing a free vertical motion, so that any thickness of cloth may be laid between the wash-boards The upper wash-board D is sufiiciently convex to describe the are of a circle, of which vthe arms are a radius The under side is set with knuckles, one and a half inch in diameter, and three-fourths of an inch apart, and these are fastened into the board with screws. The lower wash-board E consists of rollers fastened in a side-board'at the ends, a'n'd the rollers are one and one-fourth inch in diameter, and one-fourth ofan inch apart. Each roller is. perforated with holes, bored at right angles with its length, and one-fourth-ofan inch in diameter, andiso numerous as to allow the water to pass freely through the rdllers. The whole is knuckles.

The machine is operated by first filling the box A.with water until it touches the rollers. Then the garmerit to be'washed is laid upon therollers, and the upper board D brought down upon it, and moved backward and forward by taking hold of the cross-barG. Both wash-boards are ofethe same width as the inside of the box, and the lower one is held in place by wooden pins at each end. I

What I claim as nay invention is-- o l The combination of the board D with; the knuckles, and the board Ewith rollers containing holes, which 'allow the water to flow freely through them, as and for the purpose specified.

made of wood at a small cost. The lower wash-board Eis 'sufliciently concave to fit the upper b'odrd-with 41311. A. ATHERTON;

Witnesses:

Geo. W. KEN EDY, J. K. Fnnnnnron. 

